README.txt

libmpeg2-winrt

Now available in the Windows Store! App name is "MPEG-2 TS Player"
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/mpeg-2-ts-player/4cde4355-69ea-45ca-8770-d84fd194cfc8

This project implements libmpeg2 (available at http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/)
as a Windows Media Framework transform decoder, using asynchronous callbacks to
queue and parse MPEG-2 packets into raw YUV 4:2:0 frames which are then
returned to MF. This can be embedded into a WinRT (Metro) app and used to play
back MPEG-2 videos. A sample Windows 8 app is provided.

Because libmpeg2 is GPL, this project must also be licensed as GPL as well.

Thanks:
- libmpeg2 team (http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/)
- Microsoft Player Framework team (http://playerframework.codeplex.com/)
- Microsoft Media Foundation team (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms694197.aspx)
- savage81 (https://github.com/savage81)
- Jeff O'Neill

Next up:
- Add a demultiplexer for MPEG-2 PS and TS, and WTV

Todo:
- Implement quality-of-service control to allow older CPUs to framedrop
- Allow arbitrary playback (backward, seeking, etc.)
- Add an audio processing decoder as well (doesn't seem entirely necessary)
- Migrate inline assembly code to Intel intrinsics, to allow x64 native builds
- Smoother seek transitions (e.g., seek only to nearest P-frames)
- Parallel decoding (this would be tricky to implement, but worth it)
- Various UI improvements to app (playlist, subtitle support, metadata...)

Completed:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 13 support (thanks savage81!)
- Port SSE2/MMX code to Microsoft Visual Studio 12/13
- Add seek support
- ARM / WinRT support (thanks savage81!)
- m3u support for streaming MPEG-2 DTV from Dreambox (thanks savage81!)